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NWT Wellness Society will hold reconciliation conference in 2018
Lila Erasmus, the Aboriginal component coordinator for the society, says instead of organizing smaller events throughout the year, they will now focus on one big event in November.
N.W.T. tops Canada for per capita healthcare spending, report says
The territory spent $17,150 per person on healthcare costs, nearly $10,000 more than the national average, the report states. That number is a 7.1 per cent increase compared to 2016.
N.W.T. residents find healing in the South, MLAs to report on follow-up treatment in the North
MLAs from the N.W.T. toured residential addiction treatment facilities in the south to consider how to better care for patients when they return home.
Human trafficking charge in Yellowknife a first in the N.W.T., say RCMP
Last week, police rescued a woman in Yellowknife who was brought to the capital 'to be exploited in the sex-trade industry,' says Sgt. Dean Riou.
Nunavut, N.W.T. and Greenland team up on European politicians to promote Inuit seal skin products
On Wednesday, representatives from Greenland presented the European Parliament in Brussels the idea of a QR barcode to help consumers identify legal seal products. Northern sealing advocates from the N.W.T. and Nunavut were there to support the new initiative.
Yellowknife airport on track to be self-funding by the end of the year
The Yellowknife airport is on track to be financially self-sustaining on its own revenues by the end of 2017. A revolving funding model was put in place in July.
Band excludes 145 members of Salt River First Nation from annual treaty payment
Dave Heron received a letter Wednesday telling him he is one of 145 members the Salt River First Nation elected to exclude from an annual treaty payment.
Deline is recruiting 3 members for its newly formed Justice Council
The Deline Got’ine government expects to have a Justice Council — the Dene K’a Dats’eredi Ke — up and running next month, and is looking for three 'reliable, responsible and qualified' members to form it for a four-year term.
Nurses can't take breaks at Stanton hospital, union says
Nurses are largely unable to take breaks — 'for a coffee or for lunch' — at Stanton Territorial Hospital in Yellowknife, says the president of the Union of Northern Workers.
'Discouraging and humiliating': Victim of sexual assault wants to improve criminal justice system
The woman, who was a victim of sexual assault and domestic violence, says 'the entire process was extremely isolating.'